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Westmorland / Re: Cheakley of Appleby in Westmorland
« on: Monday 02 January 23 15:33 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks very much for the info. I haven't looked at this branch for a long time so will have to get my thinking cap on.
Thanks again!

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Orkney / Re: Barbara Millar born Stromness c 1785 wife of Charles Bowman
« on: Friday 01 April 22 18:04 BST (UK)  »
Sorry I missed your post on 3 November 2021!

I had shingles so wasn't paying much attention to emails.

Charles Bowman was a soldier in 93rd Regiment of Foot. He suffered an injury to his right foot & was transferred to  9th Royal Veteran Battalion.  He was probably stationed in Orkney during the Napolenic Wars as it was thought that Napoleon might try to gain a foothold  to UK through British Islands.

Kind Regards

Agnes Gunn nee Bowman


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Peeblesshire / Re: Look Up for MIs - Selkirk Family of Scotston in Newlands, Peebleshire
« on: Wednesday 14 October 20 14:20 BST (UK)  »
Sorry for not replying sooner!

The entry for my 3xgreat grandmother Jean Selkirk birth 01 May 1802 is in the Newlands Parish Register.  The father's name could be William.  Can't find any other Selkirks in the area but he may just have been the overseer of Scotstown in Newlands for a short time.  She married William Walker of Lanark on 07 Oct 1821 in Lanark, Lanarkshire.  She died before 1841.

Thanks,

Agnes

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Hi Annie.

I am not referring to the whole of Lanarkshire but to the town of Lanark, Lanarkshire. I have checked with Paul Archibald at Lanark Library for Monumental Inscriptions & for other info but without success.  All four children were born in Lanark, Lanarkshire with the last being born in 1832.  Due to the lack of sources in Lanark, Lanarkshire, I am trying to trace the Selkirk Family in Peebleshire.

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Peeblesshire / Re: Look Up for MIs - Selkirk Family of Scotston in Newlands
« on: Monday 01 July 19 15:53 BST (UK)  »
Thanks.

Jean Selkirk Walker died about before 1836 Lanark, Lanarkshire No record of burial on Scotlandspeople

Scotsto(u)n Farm near Blyth Bridge is 2 miles from Newlands, Peebleshire

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The baptism entry for Jean Selkirk born 1802 only lists her father as Mr Selkirk overseer at Scotstoun which is near Blyth Bridge.  She married William Walker at Lanark in 1821.

Any info of the Selkirk Family in that area would be welcome

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Westmorland / Re: Cheakley of Appleby in Westmorland
« on: Wednesday 03 January 18 15:16 GMT (UK)  »
Well done, you!

Apologies for the delay in replying but I had to use British Newspaper Archives to find the article & it didn't recognise 'Cheakley' so I had to find it under Mason.

William Cheakley married Ann Mason in 1810 in Skipton so that would account for the name. Their first child was born in Skipton but then he moved to run Chequers in High Wiend in Appleby.  The family returned to Skipton later on as both William & Ann & 5 or 6 of their children died if consumption, some in Appleby & some in Skipton.  I'm going to try to find out more from Trade Directories
Thanks again - which Cheakley are you related to?

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Quaker Family History / Re: Quaker & other Non Conformist Ancestors
« on: Saturday 02 July 16 17:03 BST (UK)  »
The William Slater in my post was not related to me but was just the first entry in the Register of Burials for Quakers in the Settle area 1759-1756.

I have Slater ancestry through John Slater (8 x great grandfather)
Baptised 30 Apr 1693 Thornton in Craven
Married Elizabeth Briggs on 30 Apr 1693 Thornton in Craven
Burial: on 28 Dec 1734 Thornton in Craven

Sorry I can't be of any help,

Agnes AKA Binkie

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Lanarkshire / Re: Help to Trace John Baillie & decipher wife's maiden name
« on: Thursday 22 August 13 09:39 BST (UK)  »
Who knows - anything is possible!!! 

A couple of years ago I phoned Carmichael Estates who own the property in that area to ask if I could look at their archives to see what what they had for John Baillie but was told that they weren't archived or available to the public. :'(

It's a long time this I looked at this but I thought that John Baillie's wife may have been Grizel Mathison daughter of James Mathison & Janet Robison born at Braecroft on 24 Feb 1792 in the parish of Troqueer.

You've renewed my interest in the Baillies & Matthewisons (all variants included) & at least they have some immortality as I always think about them when I drive over Hyndford Bridge!!!

Binkie

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